The Board granted a 10 percent rating for left ulnar neuropathy, secondary to the service-connected left shoulder disorder. The increased rating for post-operative left shoulder disability was not addressed in this decision.
The deciding factor: The VA physician indicated that the veteran would have additional functional limitation of the left shoulder due to pain, weakness and fatigue, particularly upon increased activity.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-operative left shoulder disability, Left ulnar neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- May 24, 2002
- Citation
- 0205205
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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